Grammar Exercise: Be and have (beginner level)

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate form of the verb be or have.

1. What …………………. you doing there?

a) are

b) is

b) have

2. She …………………… in her room.

a) is

b) has

c) are

3. The books …………………. on the table.

a) are

b) have

c) is

4. Rohan ………………….. quite fond of his sister.

a) is

b) has

c) have

5. Birds ………………….. flying in the sky.

a) are

b) have

c) is

6. The cows …………………….. grazing in the field.

a) are

b) is

c) have

7. My sister …………………. a nurse.

a) is

b) are

c) have

8. There …………………… fifty boys in the class.

a) are

b) have

c) has

9. I ………………… little hope of passing.

a) have

b) am

c) has

10. She ………………….. no friends.

a) has

b) is

c) are

11. We ………………… finished the work.

a) have

b) are

c) has

12. Sania and Rohan …………………. returned from school.

a) have

b) are

c) has

13. She and her daughter …………………….. blue eyes.

a) has

b) have

c) are

14. The girls …………………… handed in their work.

a) have

b) are

c) has

Answers

1. What are you doing there?

2. She is in her room.

3. The books are on the table.

4. Rohan is quite fond of his sister.

5. Birds are flying in the sky.

6. The cows are grazing in the field.

7. My sister is a nurse.

8. There are fifty boys in the class.

9. I have little hope of passing.

10. She has no friends.

11. We have finished the work.

12. Sania and Rohan have returned from school.

13. She and her daughter have blue eyes.

14. The girls have handed in their work.